The 1st Edition of the DataScience Nigeria AI Professional Meetup is here. It is a special knowledge session, masterclass and business engagement meeting that brings together professionals in the sector to share insights, trends and developments.
This first edition of the monthly meetup is scheduled to hold on Friday, January 18. Its theme is: Transformational Innovation with Artificial Intelligence. It would feature US-based Artificial Intelligence inventor, Dr. Stephen Odaibo.
Dr Stephen Odaibo is the founder, CEO, and Chief Software Architect of RETINA-AI, USA. He is a Medical Doctor, Consultant Opthalmologist, Mathematician, and Computer Scientist.
Retina-AI is a company using artificial intelligence to improve healthcare.
Dr. Odaibo is said to be the only Ophthalmologist in the world with advanced degrees in both Mathematics (MSc) and Computer Science (MSc).
He is also a Full-Stack AI Engineer with programming experience in mobile apps, network communication, server-side development and management, and training of machine learning algorithms.
He will be at the meetup to discuss emerging trends, best practices and practical use cases in Machine Learning application within the industry.
The AI+ Professional Meet-Up will be hosted by Terragon Group at its head office – 1601 Adeola Hopewell, Victoria Island. Interested participants can click here to register for the event.
About Data Science Nigeria
Data Science Nigeria is Nigeria’s leading data science community. Founded in 2017 by the Chief Transformation Officer of MTN, Mr Bayo Adekanmbi, Data Science Nigeria has grown tremendously as it aims to improve analytics knowledge in Nigeria. The non-profit organisation is committed to accelerating Nigeria’s development through its solution-oriented applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve social/business problems.
The community recently released its plans for 2019, which includes the monthly professional meetup and other events.